'Tales From Beyond Science' announced by Image Comics

Tales From Beyond Science has been announced by Image Comics.

The hardcover collection compiles strips by British cartoonist Rian Hughes, originally published in the 2000AD anthology in the 1990s.

Tales From Beyond Science features Hughes's collaborations with Mark Millar, Alan McKenzie and John Smith. The shorts included range from tongue-in-cheek tales of spontaneous human combustion, to stories set in the Bermuda Triangle.

Hughes has re-coloured his original artwork to give it a brighter appearance, and each story has been re-lettered. Bonus material includes spoof ads, the original cover designs, and two special introductions.

"2000AD was generally printed with heavy inks on rough newsprint that yellows with age. The colour pages in this collection have been reshot from the original art, so the colours are clean and bright - as they were always intended to be," he told Newsarama.

"It's also been re-lettered in a consistent style with a custom font that suits the art better - the original lettering was quite large, and covered up sizeable areas of the art. Now you get to see far more of the actual drawing."

Tales From Beyond Science is released in February.

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